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G16Y 10/9

Chemistry

Introduced: January 2020

Full Title

Economic sectors > Chemistry

Classification Context

Section:
PHYSICS
Class:
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS
Subclass:
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE INTERNET OF THINGS [IoT]

Filing statistics

IPC G16Y 10/9 belongs to the parent subclass G16Y, which recorded 22,331 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 1 in 2013 to 4,522 in 2023 (+452100%), peaking at 6,113 applications in 2021. The most active applicants in class G16 are PHILIPS ELECTRONICS (4,707 applications), IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) (1,767 applications) and SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY (1,458 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class G16, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NL 4,707
  2. IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) US 1,767
  3. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 1,458
  4. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 1,144
  5. ILLUMINA US 1,097
  6. SIEMENS HEALTHCARE DE 1,074
  7. PHILIPS ELECTRONICS 1,026
  8. FUJIFILM JP 990
  9. PING AN TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 892
  10. ROCHE CH 864